Usually means: Cease work, relying on past.
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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word rest on one's oars:

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  1. rest on one's oars: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. rest on one's oars, rest on one's oars: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rest on one's oars, rest on ones oars: Dictionary.com
  4. Rest on Ones Oars: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)



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